Posted on August 6, 2020 Summary of Situation on July 23 On July 23, I posted a comparison between these two jurisdictions having roughly the same population but with Montana being less susceptible to the spread of COVID due to less population density and the lack of an international airport. This advantage was borne out …
Posted August 1, 2020 In trying to make the case that the US, under his direction, is doing really well, Trump stated: “All over the world, they’re having tremendous problems. A resurgence has taken place in many countries that people thought were doing well. Despite a wide range of approaches to the pandemic between countries, …
COVID: Another Trump Argument about how well they are doing debunked Read More »
Posted July 23, 2020 I started looking at Montana a few weeks ago when it had the lowest number of cases per capita in the continental US. It is interesting to compare it to Nova Scotia because the two areas have roughly the same population (approximately 1 million) and had their first cases at roughly …
COVID: Lessons from Nova Scotia and Montana Experience Read More »
Posted July 18, 2020. These would be funny if the situation wasn’t so serious. I suppose there are some Democrats who have said equally ignorant things but I haven’t found any. Feel free to add your favourites by adding a comments I am imitating a model used by Chris Cilizza of CNN who typical picks …
Posted July 12, 2020 The bottom line here is that more testing means fewer new cases – not the opposite as Trump and others keep claiming Quotes form Trump and some Governors Some amazing statements have been made by US some Republican officials along the lines that the current soaring number of Coronavirus cases is …
No Mr Trump: More Testing leads to fewer cases not more Read More »
Posted on July 8, 2020 Today. the day after the US exceeded 60,000 cases in one day for the first. but unlikely last, time seems like a good time to comment on Trump’s claim: “I think we are in a good place, We’ve done a good job. I think we are going to be in …
On June 25, the US had the most new cases in one day since the start of the cycle – 40,184 cases compared to 39,072 on April 24 which had been regarded as the peak. The next day, this record was blown away with 47341 cases – a day to day increase of 17.8%! …
Posted on June 22, 2020 NotesActual Crowd Size at TulsaI intended to post this before the actual event but didn’t get it finished in time. As we know now, the crowds were far less than anticipated but still enough that the risk of a big jump in cases still exists. Sources of State DataData for …
Will Trump’s Tulsa Rally cause a big jump in COVID cases? Read More »
LAST UPDATE June 11 2020Major Changes this Update New section of testing addressing the issue of undetected spreaders, amount of testing necessary and the importance of when testing is done. Click here to go directly to it. New section on government actions as well as their timing and effectiveness. Click here to go directly to …
Coronavirus Statistics and trends and how the USA got it wrong Read More »
We returned to our place in Paris in mid February with the intent of staying for about 4 months. However, about two weeks ago it started to become clear that we needed to return to Halifax or we’d be stuck there for perhaps a long time. We had a friend staying with us for two …
Return from a shutting down Paris — End of our First Week of Captivity Read More »